[Rokke]

WASHINGTON - President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer in case he needs to retain him in the grand jury investigation of who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative last year, the White House said Wednesday.

There was no indication that was a target of the leak investigation, but the president has decided that "in the event that he needs his advice," he would retain him," White House deputy Claire Buchan.

The attorney is Jim Sharp, she said, confirmed a report by CBS News.

"The president has said that everyone should cooperate in this matter and that would include himself," Buchan said.

She deflected questions about whether Bush had been asked to appear before a grand jury in the case.

[Dog Gone]

Well, that's a bunch of nothing. The whole Plame thing is a bunch of BS, but in the event this political football gets so totally blown out of proportion that President Bush is called before a Grand Jury (something which the Democrats are striving to do), then outside counsel will be ready.

Seems prudent. End of story.

[Mo1]

WASHINGTON - President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer in case he needs to retain him in the grand jury investigation of who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative last year, the White House said Wednesday.

Oh that's nothing .. a normal procedure

The Liberals are blowing this out of portion

Nothing new there

[plain talk]

President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer in case he needs to retain him in the grand jury investigation of who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative last year, the White House said Wednesday

And why exactly would the WH tell the world this anyway? The President can't retain a personal attorney without the WH leaking it or reporting it and it getting blabbed on ABC news?

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Sounds like a non-story so far. What are people up in arms about?

[Dan from Michigan]

Big deal. That happens all the time in case of a possible lawsuit - including BS lawsuits.